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Tens of thousands of ordinary Syrians have disappeared over the last four years. They are taken from their homes, schools, offices, and markets. There is always some place where they were last seen. But they are never seen again.

NJFON board member Luis Juarez, a fifth grade teacher in Dallas, Texas, and a 2015 White House DACAmented Champion of Change, reflects on the uncertain future that awaits his students and himself, post-election,